BURMA SHAVE

[jebrown]

For those of you under 50, you probably have never seen a Burma Shave sign. For the rest of us I hope this brings back pleasant memories of Days gone By:

SHAVE THE MODERN WAY
FINE FOR THE SKIN
DRUGGISTS HAVE IT
BURMA SHAVE

THE BEARDED LADY
TRIED A JAR
SHE’S NOW
A FAMOUS
MOVIE STAR
BURMA SHAVE

IF YOU THINK
SHE LIKES
YOUR BRISTLES
WALK BARE-FOOTED
THROUGH SOME THISTLES
BURMA SHAVE

SHE EYED
HIS BEARD
AND SAID NO DICE
THE WEDDING’S OFF
I’LL COOK THE RICE
BURMA SHAVE

A CHIN
WHERE BARBED WIRE
BRISTLES STAND
IS BOUND TO BE
A NO MA’AMS LAND
BURMA SHAVE

USE THIS CREAM
A DAY
OR TWO
THEN DON’T CALL HER —
SHE’LL CALL YOU
BURMA SHAVE

A CHRISTMAS HUG
A BIRTHDAY KISS
AWAITS
THE WOMAN
WHO GIVES THIS
BURMA SHAVE

SUBSTITUTES
ARE LIKE A GIRDLE
THEY FIND SOME JOBS
THEY JUST
CAN’T HURDLE
BURMA SHAVE

PAST
SCHOOLHOUSES
TAKE IT SLOW
LET THE LITTLE
SHAVERS GROW
BURMA-SHAVE

IS HE LONESOME
OR JUST BLIND
THIS GUY WHO
DRIVES
SO CLOSE BEHIND?
BURMA-SHAVE.

MANY A FOREST
USED TO STAND
WHERE A
LIGHTED MATCH
GOT OUT OF HAND
BURMA SHAVE

THE ONE WHO
DRIVES WHEN
HE’S BEEN DRINKING
DEPENDS ON YOU
TO DO HIS THINKING
BURMA SHAVE

FREE OFFER! FREE OFFER!
RIP A FENDER
OFF YOUR CAR
MAIL IT IN FOR
A HALF-POUND JAR
BURMA-SHAVE

FREE - FREE
A TRIP
TO MARS
FOR 900
EMPTY JARS

BURMA-SHAVE ALTHO
WE’VE SOLD
SIX MILLION OTHERS
WE STILL CAN’T SELL
THOSE COUGH DROP BROTHERS
BURMA SHAVE

WE'VE MADE
GRANDPA
LOOK SO TRIM
THE LOCAL
DRAFT BOARD'S AFTER HIM
BURMA SHAVE

OUR FORTUNE IS YOUR
SHAVEN FACE
IT'S OUR BEST
ADVERTISING SPACE
BURMA SHAVE

PEDRO
WALKED
BACK HOME, BY GOLLY
HIS BRISTLY CHIN
WAS HOT-TO-MOLLY
BURMA SHAVE

WHEN THE STORK
DELIVERS A BOY
OUR WHOLE
DARN FACTORY
JUMPS FOR JOY
BURMA SHAVE

THE POOREST GUY
IN THE HUMAN RACE
CAN HAVE A
MILLION DOLLAR FACE
BURMA SHAVE

THIRTY DAYS
HATH SEPTEMBER
APRIL
JUNE AND THE
SPEED OFFENDER
BURMA SHAVE

IF DAISIES
ARE YOUR
FAVORITE FLOWER
KEEP PUSHIN' UP THOSE
MILES-PER-HOUR
BURMA SHAVE

SUBSTITUTES
CAN LET YOU DOWN
QUICKER
THAN A
STRAPLESS GOWN
BURMA SHAVE

THE BIG BLUE TUBE'S
JUST LIKE LOUISE
YOU GET
A THRILL
FROM EVERY SQUEEZE
BURMA SHAVE

"NO, NO,"
SHE SAID
TO HER BRISTLY BEAU
"I'D RATHER
EAT THE MISTLETOE"
BURMA SHAVE

TRAIN APPROACHING
WHISTLE SQUEALING
PAUSE!
AVOID THAT
RUNDOWN FEELING!
BURMA SHAVE

UNLESS
YOUR FACE
IS STINGER FREE
YOU'D BETTER LET
YOUR HONEY BE
BURMA SHAVE

THIS CREAM
MAKES THE
GARDENER'S DAUGHTER
PLANT HER TULIPS
WHERE SHE OUGHTER
BURMA SHAVE

IF YOUR PEACH
KEEPS OUT
OF REACH
BETTER PRACTICE
WHAT WE PREACH
BURMA SHAVE

TO KISS
A MUG
THAT'S LIKE A CACTUS
TAKES MORE NERVE
THAN IT DOES PRACTICE
BURMA SHAVE

As I traveled as a kid I always looked for and enjoyed the Burma Shave signs

Jerry

[indyguy]

There is still a Burma Shave sign on st rt 50 in southeastern Indiana. I drive by it every few weeks.

[CanNerd]

On those long 2-lane or 4-lanes roads across country those Burma Shave signs were often the only way to keep awake.

[jebrown]

Wow indyguy I thought that all of the Burma Shave signs were history. Didn't know they were still around.
CanNerd
As a kid I remeber hearing lots of adults comment on how The Burma Shave signs would help keep them awake while driving down the fourlane.
I rember seeing four or five sets of signs all in a line too.

[MelleeRN]

Never saw a sign, or even knew what it was till I read this post. However, very cute

[epeterd1]

I went to a restaurant in Decatur, IN, I think, that has quite a few up on the inside of the roof. No ceiling. I'd heard of them, being a history buff and fan of old-time radio. You can find lots of them on the web. Quite clever.

[CanNerd]

and of course everyone knows who put the signs up?!

I especially liked them because it meant civilization ahead and probably a souvenir shop.

[Katrina-Sisu]

LOL they still have on in GA that says :

Don't try passing on a slope
Unless you have a periscope

BURMA SHAVE

I think it might be gone now but it was there a couple years ago.

Kat

[gwhilikerz]

Burma Shave signs used to keep me alert while I was looking for barns in my search for Beautiful Rock City.

[snuffy]

Good memory of the long ago past when I was a kid growing up. In the era before interstates, Burma Shave was a good way to keep a bored kid in the back seat occupied for a little while.
I remember stories of motorists stopping along their way, getting out of the car to repair a sign that had fallen down or somthing. They are an American institute and fondly remembered.

Snuffy

[keydl]

They quit paying the rent for the signs a long while back, my uncle left a couple of sets up for more than 20 years after the contract was up.

[neparose]

My Dad remembers, "Dont stick your elbow out too far, it might go home in someone elses car."

[land steward]

In the movie called the Last Indian they went past some signs on the road with a Burma shave commercial.
I have 900 yards of road frontage on our land. I was thinking of making some signs and putting them up for a joke.